(i) White revolution refers to the revolution in:

(a) Rice production

(b) Milk production
(c) Cotton production
(d) None of these
(e) All of these

(ii) Organic farming is important because of:

(a) Toxic free plants
(b) GMO free
(c) Eco friendly
(d) Healthy for humans
(e) All of these(not sure)

(iii) Which of the following is not a good source of dietary fiber?

(a) Pasta
(b) Brown rice
(c) Egg
(d) Bread
(e) All of these

(iv) The branch of agriculture that deals with rearing of silkworm is called:
(a) Olericulture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Apiculture
(d) Viticulture
(e) None of these

(v) Oryza Sativa is the botanical name of:

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Barley
(d) Sorghum
(e) None of these

(vi) Xanthomonas citri is the disease causal organism of citrus.

(a) Bark splitting
(b) Foot rot
(c) Canker
(d) Citrus decline
(e) None of these

(vii) Cholistani, Kali, Damani, Kachi and Bibrik are some of the breeds of:
(a) Goats
(b) Camel
(c) Buffalo
(d) Sheep
(e) None of these

(viii) Inflation of mammary glands of milch animals is called:

(a) Johne’s disease
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Mastitis
(d) Leptospirosis
(e) None of these

(ix) Patoto is an example of:

(a) Root crop
(b) Legumes
(c) Fiber crop
(d) Sugar crop
(e) None of these

(x) Tobacco is an example of:

(a) Kharif crop
(b) Rabi crop
(c) Zaid rabi crop
(d) Zaid Kharif crop
(e) None of these

(xi) Peanuts are:

(a) Roots
(b) Grains
(c) Legumes
(d) Nuts
(e) None of these

(xii) Which of the following insects is friendly for an organic farmer?

(a) Stem borer
(b) Root borer
(c) Boll worm
(d) Mango mealy bug
(e) None of these

(xiii) Money maker, Roma, Red top are some of the varieties of:
(a) Chilies
(b) Potato
(c) Tomato
(d) Onion
(e) None of these

(xiv) Swollen underground stem; an organ of food storage and propagation is called:
(a) Rhizome
(b) Tuber
(c) Scion
(d) Septa
(e) None of these

(xv) Plants having soft, non woody growth are called:

(a) Herkogamous
(b) Hermaphrodite
(c) Herbaceous
(d) Homozygous
(e) None of these

(xvi) Removal of exchangeable sodium from the soil is called:

(a) Denitrification
(b) Desalinization
(c) Desodication
(d) Decortication
(e) None of these

(xvii) Enzymes are biocatalysts and their nature is:

(a) Fat
(b) Carbohydrate
(c) Fiber
(d) Protein
(e) None of these

(xviii) Khapra beetle is the pest of:

(a) Rice
(b) Sorghum
(c) Barley
(d) All of these
(e) None of these

(xix) L-113, PR-100 and BL-4 are the varieties of:

(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Cotton
(d) Sunflower
(e) None of these

(xx) Which one of the following is non essential amino acid?

(a) Lysine
(b) Leucine
(c) Isoleucine
(d) Glutamine
(e) None of the above
(i) Wheat inflorescence is called as:
(a) Spike
(b) Panicle
(c) Spadix
(d) Cymose
(e) None of these

(ii) Soil structure can be improved with the addition of:

(a) Chemical fertilizer
(b) Gypsum
(c) Lime
(d) Organic matter
(e) None of these

(iii) Humidity is measured by means of:

(a) Luxmeter
(b) Anemometer (c) Psychrometer
(d) Thermometer
(e) None of these

(iv) When soil surface is protected/covered with residue of a crop, the practice is called?
(a) Sheet erosion
(b) Nitrogen fixation
(c) Tillage
(d) Mulching
(e) None of these

(v) Which of the following is not a fruit?

(a) Tomato
(b) Potato
(c) Pumpkin
(d) Melon
(e) None of these

(vi) Which one of the following is a good source of protein?

(a) Wheat
(b) Maize
(c) Pulses
(d) Meat
(e) None of these

(vii) The vector of cotton leaf curl virus in Pakistan is considered as:
(a) Jassid
(b) Aphid
(c) Pink boll worm
(d) White fly
(e) None of these

(viii) In genetics the appearance of an attribute of living organism is termed as:

(a) Dominant
(b) Phenotype
(c) Recessive
(d) Genotype
(e) None of these

(ix) Rhizobium belongs to:

(a) Nitrogen fixing bacteria
(b) Amonifying bacteria
(c) Nitrifying bactyeria
(d) Denitrifying bacteria
(e) None of these

(x) In DNA, adenine always pairs with:

(a) Guanine
(b) Thymine
(c) Uracil
(d) Cytosine
(e) None of these

(xi) Insects have:

(a) 4 legs and 2 wings
(b) 8 legs and 4 wing
(c) 6 legs and 4 wings
(d) 4 legs and 4 wings
(e) None of these

(xii) Tikka disease is major pathogenic threat in:

(a) Wheat
(b) Apple
(c) Sorghum
(d) Groundnut
(e) None of these

(xiii) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has its headquarters in:
(a) Washington
(b) Geneva
(c) Rome
(d) Paris
(e) None of these

(xiv) Soil salinity can be rectified with:

(a) Urea
(b) Ammonium Sulphate
(c) Sodium Chloride
(d) Gypsum
(e) None of these

(xv) Safflower is an:

(a) Oil producing plant
(b) Ornamental plant
(c) Leguminous plant
(d) Fibre producing plant
(e) None of these

(xvi) Banana fruit is classified in the category of:

(a) Berry
(b) Pomes
(c) Stone fruit
(d) Drupe
(e) None of these

(xvii) Ploidy level of maize plant is:

(a) Monoploid
(b) Diploid
(c) Haploid
(d) Tetraploid
(e) None of these

(xviii) Gypsum is rich source of:

(a) Calcium + Zinc
(b) Calcium + Potassium
(c) Calcium + Sulpher
(d) Calcium + Nitrogen
(e) None of these

(xix) Gossypium hirsutum is the botanical name of:

(a) Rice
(b) Maize
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Cotton
(e) None of these

(xx) Olericulture is the study dealing with:

(a) Honey bee
(b) Rearing of silk worms
(c) Vegetable production
(d) Growing ornamental flowers
(e) None of the above

1.Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance

Heritability (Broad sense)
Heritability (Narrow sense)
Co- Heritability
Gene Action
None of these

2.Inflourescece of wheat plant

Spike
Panicle
Arrow
Cob
None of these

3.Nullisomic individual
2n-1
2n+1
2n-2
2n+2
None of these

4.Ribosomes are site of

Fat Synthesis
Protein Synthesis
Photo Synthesis
Anaerobic Respiration
None of these

5.Type of sugar in DNA

Pentose
Hexose
Heptose
Triose
None of these

6.Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. How many linkages groups will be present in
maize if all genes are mapped
10 (Not sure)
20
40
15
None of these

7.Ph of Urea
4
3.5
8
7
None of these

8.According to 1972 Land reforms, ceiling of land

1000 acres irrigated and 2000 acres Barani
500 acres irrigated and 1000 acres Barani
250 acres irrigated and 500 acres Barani
150 acres irrigated and 300 acres Barani
None of these

9.Type of soils hold more water

Sandy (Not sure)
Stony
Clayey
Silty
None of these

10.Hydrosphere refers to
Zone of water
Zone of earth crust
Zone of atmosphere
Zone of air
None of these

11.Compound used for reclamation of saline sodic and sodic soils?

Apartite
Calcite
Dolomite
Gypsum
None of these

12.Carrot, raddish , Beet are

Annual
Biennial
Perenial
Woody perennial
None of these

13.Which is not fruit?

Tomato
Potato
Musk melon
Water melon
None of these

14.Body of sheep covered with

Hairs
Fleece
Wool
Fuz
None of these

15.Bovine is term used for

Cattle
Buffalo
Sheep
Goat
None of these

16.Act of giving birth to young ones is

Ovulation
Fertilization
Parturition
Conception
None of these

17.Type of mouth parts of grass hopper

Chewing
Sucking
Piercing and sucking
Biting and sponging
None of these

18.Bacteria reproduce asexually

Fragmentation
Budding
Binary fission
Multiplication
None of these

19.All goods and services produced in country in one year are called
GNP
GDP
NDP
NNP
None of these

20.Uniform removal of soil in thin layer from sloping land is called

Sheet erosion
Rill erosion
Gully erosion
Stream channel erosion
None of these

Which plant is grown by seed plant technique?

Wheat Rice Potato Bajra

Drip irrigation is used for?

Dry Areas Humid Areas Sub Humid Areas Tropical Areas

Chemaically Pyrite is
FeS FeS2

Shrinkage of cell membrane, protoplasm is called?

Plasmolysis

Art of growing vegetables is called?

Olericulture

Which element is almost non-essential in plant growth?

Mo Ca Zn Na

Bioherbicides are used because?

Process by which nutrients are carried down by water?

Leaching

Which crop requires most N?

Potato Wheat Barley Sugar cane

Ammonia is volatilized due to?

Symptoms of Ca first appear on?

Lower leaves upper leaves Middles Leaves All of these

Growing together of two or more crops simultaneously is called?

Intercropping

Aims of plant breeding are to?

All of these

Methods of homozygous Selection are?

All of these

Thermophiles best grow at which temperature?

50-60 C

three major nutrients in soils are?

N,P,K

Desired varieties of crops are produced by which method?

Hybridization

Green manure crops belong to which family?

Leguminosae

Most of the world major crops belong to which family?

Graminae